1 developers-reference (3.4.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
5 version tracking removed that requirement.
8 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
9 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
11 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:54:39 +0100
13 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
17 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
20 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
21 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
22 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
23 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
24 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
25 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
26 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
27 patch. Closes: #540231
28 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
29 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
30 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
31 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
32 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
33 for the patch. Closes: #548823
34 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
35 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
36 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
37 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
38 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
39 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
40 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
41 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
42 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
43 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
44 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
45 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
46 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
47 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
49 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
50 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
51 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
53 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
54 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
55 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
56 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
57 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
59 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
61 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
62 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
63 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
64 patch. Closes: #573110
65 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
67 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
68 multi-lines substitution variables.
71 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
72 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
73 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
74 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
75 * Activate Japanese package.
76 * Handle addendum if it exists.
78 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
80 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
83 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
85 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
87 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
89 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
90 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
92 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
94 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
97 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
98 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
99 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
100 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
101 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
102 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
103 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
104 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
105 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
106 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
107 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
108 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
109 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
110 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
111 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
112 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
113 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
114 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
115 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
116 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
117 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
119 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
121 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
128 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
129 The most important changes are:
130 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
131 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
134 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
135 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
136 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
137 distinction. Closes: #464230.
138 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
139 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
140 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
141 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
142 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
143 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
145 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
146 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
148 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
149 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
151 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
152 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
154 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
156 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
157 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
159 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
160 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
161 Closes: #512620, #510783.
163 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
165 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
169 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
170 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
171 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
172 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
173 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
174 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
175 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
177 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
179 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
182 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
183 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
184 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
185 release codenames in <literal>
186 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
187 doesn't exist anymore.
188 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
189 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
190 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
191 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
192 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
193 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
194 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
195 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
196 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
197 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
198 team before upload. Closes: #459343
199 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
200 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
201 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
202 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
203 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
204 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
205 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
207 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
208 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
210 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
211 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
212 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
213 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
214 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
215 Thomas. Closes: #485837
217 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
218 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
220 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
222 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
226 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
227 - fix debian/copyright
228 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
229 - add pdf for French version.
230 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
231 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
232 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
233 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
234 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
235 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
236 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
237 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
238 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
240 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
241 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
243 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
245 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
246 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
247 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
248 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
249 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
250 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
252 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
255 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
256 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
257 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
258 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
259 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
260 * Update information concerning Alioth.
261 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
262 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
264 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
265 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
267 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
270 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
272 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
274 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
276 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
277 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
279 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
280 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
281 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
283 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
284 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
285 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
287 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
288 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
289 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
290 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
291 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
292 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
293 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
294 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
295 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
296 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
297 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
298 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
300 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
301 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
302 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
303 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
304 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
305 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
306 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
307 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
308 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
309 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
313 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
315 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
317 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
320 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
321 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
322 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
323 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
324 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
325 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
327 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
329 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
331 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
333 - non-us discontinued.
334 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
336 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
337 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
338 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
339 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
340 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
341 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
342 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
343 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
344 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
345 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
346 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
347 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
348 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
349 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
350 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
351 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
352 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
353 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
355 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
356 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
358 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
361 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
363 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
365 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
368 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
369 - madison is on merkel.
370 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
371 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
372 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
373 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
374 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
375 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
377 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
378 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
379 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
380 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
381 - sync NM rules with reality.
383 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
385 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
387 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
390 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
391 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
392 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
393 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
394 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
395 - spelling, grammer fixes.
396 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
397 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
398 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
399 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
400 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
401 - add myself to uploaders.
402 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
403 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
404 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
405 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
406 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
407 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
408 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
409 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
410 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
411 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
412 - rewrote the NMU section, and
413 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
414 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
415 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
416 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
417 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
418 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
419 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
420 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
422 - Security uploads get urgency=high
423 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
425 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
427 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
429 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
432 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
433 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
434 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
435 - documented Alioth, somewhat
437 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
438 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
440 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
441 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
442 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
443 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
447 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
449 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
450 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
451 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
452 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
457 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
460 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
462 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
463 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
464 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
466 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
467 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
468 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
469 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
472 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
474 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
475 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
476 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
477 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
478 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
480 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
481 it clear these are special cases
482 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
484 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
488 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
491 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
492 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
494 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
498 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
501 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
503 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
504 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
505 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
507 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
508 - the synopsis formula changed to either
509 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
511 <package-name> is <synopsis>
513 <package-name> are <synopsis>
515 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
516 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
517 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
518 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
519 package; closes: #187143
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
523 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
526 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
527 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
529 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
531 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
532 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
533 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
534 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
535 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
536 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
537 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
538 right places in the document, closes: #172897
539 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
543 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
545 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
546 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
547 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
548 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
549 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
550 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
551 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
553 - editorial changes on material added in this version
554 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
555 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
556 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
557 closes: #139957, #108416
558 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
559 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
563 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
566 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
568 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
569 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
570 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
571 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
573 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
574 for best practices for documentation
575 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
576 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
577 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
578 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
580 - spell-checking pass
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
584 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
587 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
588 descriptions" moved under there
589 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
590 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
591 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
592 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
593 the document where these tools are discussed
594 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
595 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
596 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
597 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
598 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
599 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
601 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
602 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
603 that can be fixed by DDP folks
604 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
605 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
606 - simply PS and PDF building rules
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
610 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
613 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
614 section and adjusted links
615 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
617 - ChangeLog attribution updates
618 - fix typos, closes: #171781
619 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
620 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
621 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
622 for debian/rules", and write an intro
623 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
624 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
625 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
626 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
627 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
628 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
629 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
630 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
631 "Internationalization"
632 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
633 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
634 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
635 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
636 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
637 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
638 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
639 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
640 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
642 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
643 rather useless and broken
644 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
645 names and the first word
646 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
647 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
648 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
650 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
651 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
652 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
656 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
659 - DDP publishing update
661 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
662 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
663 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
664 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
668 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
671 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
672 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
673 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
675 - added myself as co-author
676 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
678 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
679 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
681 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
682 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
686 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
689 - Corrected several errors with —
690 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
691 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
692 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
693 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
694 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
695 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
696 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
698 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
699 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
700 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
701 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
702 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
703 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
704 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
705 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
706 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
708 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
709 descriptions". closes: #158609
710 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
711 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
712 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
713 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
714 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
716 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
717 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
718 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
719 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
720 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
721 - updated the mailing lists section
723 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
724 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
729 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
732 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
733 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
735 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
737 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
738 Ch "The Debian Archive"
740 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
742 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
743 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
744 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
745 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
746 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
748 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
749 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
750 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
751 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
752 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
753 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
754 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
756 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
757 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
760 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
761 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
762 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
763 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
764 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
765 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
766 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
767 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
768 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
769 work-around with <...>
770 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
771 - update copyright date
772 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
773 - spell check and grammar corrections
777 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
779 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
780 recompile"; closes: #102626
781 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
782 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
783 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
784 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
785 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
787 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
788 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
789 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
791 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
793 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
794 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
795 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
796 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
797 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
798 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
799 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
800 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
801 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
803 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
805 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
807 - updated the list of available architectures.
808 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
809 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
810 of the package and nothing more.
811 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
812 any pain to the ftpmasters.
813 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
814 the use of the delayed queue.
815 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
816 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
818 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
819 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
820 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
821 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
822 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
823 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
824 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
826 - new Sec "Documentation"
827 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
828 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
829 "Being kind to porter" too
830 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
831 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
832 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
833 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
834 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
836 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
837 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
840 - update French translation
842 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
844 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
847 - some grammar corrections
848 - update French translation
850 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
851 anymore; closes: #135559
852 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
854 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
856 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
857 that would be welcome)
858 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
859 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
860 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
861 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
862 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
863 - other minor wording changes
864 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
865 - Ch "Package uploads":
866 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
867 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
868 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
869 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
870 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
871 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
872 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
876 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
878 * from Martin Michlmayr
879 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
880 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
881 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
883 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
885 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
887 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
889 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
890 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
891 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
894 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
896 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
901 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
904 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
906 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
907 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
908 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
909 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
910 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
911 talking about uploading to distributions
912 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
913 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
914 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
916 - French translation updated
918 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
919 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
920 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
922 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
924 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
927 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
928 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
936 * fix a typo in a link
937 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
938 update documentation accordingly
940 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
941 forwarding bugs upstream
943 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
944 entities which should be used
945 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
946 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
952 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
953 * French version: completely up-to-date now
954 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
955 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
957 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
962 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
964 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
966 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
967 this translation needs updating
968 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
969 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
970 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
972 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
973 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
974 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
976 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
977 included yet, however
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
983 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
985 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
986 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
988 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
992 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
994 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
995 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
996 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
998 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1005 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1006 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1007 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1008 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1009 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1010 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1011 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1012 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1013 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1014 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1015 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1016 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1018 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1019 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1020 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1021 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1022 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1024 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1026 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1027 * update copyright notice for 2001
1028 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1029 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1030 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1034 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1038 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1040 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1042 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1044 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1047 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1049 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1050 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1051 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1052 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1053 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1054 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1055 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1056 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1057 could be used if necessary
1058 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1059 mention the rsync dupload method
1060 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1062 * other small corrections
1063 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1064 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1065 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1066 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1068 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1070 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1071 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1077 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1078 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1079 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1080 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1082 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1083 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1084 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1085 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1086 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1088 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1090 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1091 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1092 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1093 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1094 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1095 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1096 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1098 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1099 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1100 - added a section about the LDAP database
1101 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1102 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1104 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1105 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1109 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1112 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1113 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1115 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1116 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1117 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1118 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1119 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1120 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1121 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1122 description from developers-reference.sgml
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1129 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1131 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1133 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1134 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1135 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1136 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1137 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1138 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1139 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1140 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1141 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1142 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1144 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1145 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1146 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1147 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1149 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1150 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1151 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1152 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1153 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1154 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1155 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1156 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1157 suggestion from James Troup
1158 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1159 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1160 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1161 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1169 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1173 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1176 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1177 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1178 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1179 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1180 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1181 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1185 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1188 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1189 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1190 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1191 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1192 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1194 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1195 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1197 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1201 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1203 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1205 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1206 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1207 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1208 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1209 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1211 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1212 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1213 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1214 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1216 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1217 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1218 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1219 a normal developer may have access.
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1223 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1226 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1227 step all over each other
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1231 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1234 address for PGP key updates
1236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1238 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1241 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1242 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1243 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1244 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1248 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1251 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1252 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1253 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1254 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1255 <keyring-maint> instead)
1256 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1257 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1259 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1261 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1262 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1263 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1267 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1269 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1270 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1271 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1272 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1273 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1274 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1276 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1277 tighten up the language a bit
1278 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1279 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1280 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1281 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1283 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1284 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1285 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1286 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1287 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1288 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1290 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1291 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1292 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1293 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1294 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1295 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1296 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1297 number of available packages
1298 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1299 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1303 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1308 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1310 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * not officially released
1313 * more spelling corrections
1314 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1318 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * not officially released
1321 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1322 * some PGP-centricity removed
1323 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1324 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1325 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1326 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1327 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1328 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1332 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1334 * not officially released
1335 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1336 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1337 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1338 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1339 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1340 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1341 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1342 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1343 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1344 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1345 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1346 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1347 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1348 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1350 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1351 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1353 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1355 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1356 take a couple of weeks
1357 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1358 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1359 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1360 excited about it and can't wait
1361 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1362 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1364 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1365 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1367 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1368 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1369 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1373 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1375 * move to 3-level version number:
1376 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1377 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1378 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1379 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1380 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1383 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1384 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1385 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1387 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1389 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1390 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1391 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1392 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1393 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1394 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1396 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1398 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1399 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1400 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1401 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1402 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1403 - "The CVS server": new section added
1404 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1406 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1407 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1408 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1409 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1410 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1411 with respect to GPG.
1412 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1413 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1414 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1415 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1416 a canonical location?)
1417 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1418 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1419 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1420 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1422 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1424 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1425 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1426 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1427 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1429 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1431 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1433 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1434 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1435 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1436 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1437 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1438 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1439 and should not be included in this Reference.
1440 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1441 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1442 maintainer tools only!
1443 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1444 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1445 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1446 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1447 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1448 * Little corrections here and there.
1449 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1450 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1453 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1455 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1458 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1459 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1461 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1462 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1463 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1464 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1465 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1466 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1467 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1468 do prior to uploading
1469 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1470 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1472 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1473 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1474 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1475 duties with respect to bugs
1476 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1477 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1478 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1480 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1481 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1482 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1483 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1484 explicit what is used to build this package
1486 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1488 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1491 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1492 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1493 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1494 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1495 * utilize the new URL tag
1496 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1499 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1501 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1503 * non-maintainer release
1504 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1505 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1506 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1507 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1508 text, it can't hurt you.)
1509 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1510 reflect this packages version number
1511 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1513 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1515 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1519 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1521 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1523 * New version numbering scheme:
1525 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1526 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1527 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1530 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1531 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1532 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1533 differ between the manuals.
1535 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1536 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1537 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1538 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1540 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1541 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1543 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1545 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1547 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1551 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1552 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1554 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1555 (as requested by James Troup)
1557 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1559 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1561 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1563 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1567 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1569 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1571 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1572 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1573 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1574 the non-maintainer release
1576 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1577 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1578 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1581 - Lots of typos fixed
1583 * Compressed SGML source code
1585 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1586 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1588 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1590 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1592 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1594 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1595 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1596 - Announcing package uploads
1597 * New section about Debian Mentors
1598 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1599 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1600 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1601 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1603 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1605 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1607 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1608 of our FTP server and the development process
1609 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1610 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1611 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1613 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1614 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1615 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1616 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1617 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1618 contacting the maintainer
1619 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1620 a new manual released soon)
1621 * Some minor changes
1622 * Include SGML source in package
1623 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1624 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1626 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1628 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1632 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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